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<br />an aircraft on standby twenty-four hours a day which also has seeding <br />capabilities. In the event that ups lope storms do come out of the <br />Atlantic that contain the moisture and the right temperature,. and so- <br />on, we will seed those clouds with the aircraft based in Boulder. To <br />date, not one upslope storm has occurred in Eastern Colorado; there- <br />fore, no moisture. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR.- FETCHER: That -was some explanation. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: :John's people have been driving us crazy. Some say, <br />"Shut off the generators up here." We have had a number of calls. One <br />angry rancher said, "I qon't give a damn. I don't ],ike snow." I said, <br />"I thought you wanted it." He said, "Did you ever-try to feed cattle <br />in ten feet of snow?" I had to admit that I hadn I t and said,. "Besides <br />that, r'm-not going to-come up and do it."- (Laughter) - <br /> <br />MR. BALCOMB: I wonder if-any studies have'been made to show that <br />silver iodide causes cancer. <br /> <br />MR. FISCHER: Why don't-you just leave it off the record, Mr: <br />Chairman. - (Laughter) <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: -I would rather not go into that, because aomebody will <br />certainly come up with that answer. ABa matter of fact, a lady did <br />call me and: said her son was allergic to silver iodide and asked_ if we <br />would please stop the.whole process. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Actually, in the Bureau: of Reclamation studies in the <br />San Juan Mountains, they went into this very thoroughly and I think <br />they concluded there were no ill-effects even to the son with allergies. <br />It certainly didn't have any: impact on the little tiny titmouse: that <br />they have over there, and apparently it- didn I t hurt the forage and : <br />other things. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS:-- What kind of mouse was that? <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: A little mouse. (Laughter) <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: There is a lot of misconception about silver iodide. I <br />Silver iodide is a naturally occurring.chemical compound that-is in the <br />atmosphere all-the time and it occurs in the soil. The background <br />count of silver iodide in the soil is many times greater_-than the small <br />amount that we are introducing into the air. It is a substance that <br />the human race has lived with for-however long the human: race has: <br />existed:. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Ken, does that answer your question? <br /> <br />-60- <br />